Screen for revolbing windows.



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SCREEN FOR REVOLVING WINDOWS. APPLICATION FILED AUGJS. MM.

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HENRY HIGGIN AND CLIFFORD TRAUT, 0F

HIGGIN MANUFACTURING COMPA, OF

WEST VIRGINIA.

NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNDRS TO THE NEWFONT, KENTUCKY, A CORPORATION OFSCEEN F0 REVOLVING WINDOWS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented trul as, lei.

Application filed August 6, 191%. Serial No. 855,379. 2

To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY HIGGIN and CLIFFORD TRAUT, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of the city of Newport, in the county ofCampbell and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Screens for Revolving lNindows, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

In the adapting of screens to various kinds of steel sash, used withrevolving windows for ventilators and the like, there must beconsiderablevariation in structure because of the different form ofmuntin and weathering flanges thereon, in which the screens are to bemounted. In the steel sash in this case, the pivots or hinges for thewindow are made directly in the center of the framework. There is also awide strip of weathering extending inwardly all around the framework forthe window. Because of these features, a form of screen mounting andinsect and dustproof closure has been devised of simple and efi'ectivestructure as will be specifically pointed out and claimed in the ensuingspecification.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the window taken from the inside.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of an upper corner of the lower screen.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the outside of the upper corner of the topscreen and the clip shown in its proper position, the weathering flangebeing omitted between these members to show the screen.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the center of the window inlopenposition.

Fig. 5 is a central vertical section of the A stop post and latchpivoting means'shown in Fig. 2. I

Fig. 6 is a vertical section taken through the screen at the upper righthand corner of the window showing the means of attachment of the upperscreen,

The window sash 1 is pivoted in the center of the frame ieces 2, 2, ofthe steel sash 3 shown in the rawings, and in which our screens aresecured. The frame pieces 2, 2, have wide flanges or weatheringextenslons 4, 4;, clear around the window frame.

Wh the screens are put in these for the windows, it is impossible insuch a framework to arrange the closure plates between the window andthe screens on any basis such as has been adopted where it is possibleto bring the edge of the screens on a line with the pivotal line of therevolving window. Accordingly'it is our purpose to secure the screensflat up a-gainst the weathering 4:, the lower screen-on the insidesurface thereof, andthe upper screen on the outside surface.

The lower screen denoted generally by the numeral 5,.has clips 6, 6,which hook over the upstanding edge of the weathering at the bottom, andpivoted latches 7, 7, on each side of the framework 2, to engage theupper part of the screen frame, at the sides.

The mounting of these clips is an important feature of the inventionhere. It is necessary in this type of window to provide a stop whichwill hold the window from revolving so far as to strike the screens. Toprovide this and in combination with it the mounting of the latch 7, weemploy a post 8 of thick stock provided with a smooth screw hole. Thelatch 7 is provided with a bushing 9, around the hole for the pivotscrew, and this bushing is of thicker stock than the latch, whereby itpresents a raised annular flange around the hole. A'large screw 11 isinserted through the latch hole, through the post 8 and is screwed tightinto the metal frame 2. 7

Thus the post is securely mounted and a mounting on which the latch willturn, pro vided for such latch. For the stop to be adjustable, there isprovideda screw 12, having a head 13 for the abutment to the Mndow and alock nut 14, the same to be screwed into the post 8, until the desiredposition has i been reached.

For. the top screen 17, so that its mountings can be got at fromthe'inside, we, provide for securing it against the weathering 4,.

small. angle plates 15. These plates fit over a the upper corners of theweathering, and have screw holes tapped 1n them to receive screws 16.,These screws pass through the corner, pieces181of the screen 17, andthese corner pieces are preferably reinforced, as at 19, so that theplates 15 canbe brought up tight. against the corner p188S 18 bytightening the screws. The screen is then provided with any kind of acllp at the bottom which engages the inside surface of the weathering.

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tightening of the-screws 16 will thus clamp the upper corners of thescreen in place so that they do not fall.

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The means of securing and the kind of closure for the gap between theupper and lower screens and'the window are the same as in our Patent No.1,165,670, issued December 28, 1915, application for which was] filed onthe same day, Serial No. 855,378,-

on screens for revolving windows. The closure and mounting referred tois that shown in said patent in use for the upper Reference is herebymade to that patent for a description of the parts as they form no partof this invention.

A spring bolt 20, with chain? 21, and notched chain. holder 22 is usedfor opening and closing the window.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a metal window frame provided with a weathering,and an all metal screen bearing against the Weathering on the outside,of corner plates at the upper corners of the screen frame bearingagainst the'weathering on the inside, with screws for clamping thecorner plates to the screen frame to hold the screen in place.

2. In combination with a metal window frame provided with weathering, anall metal screen, with reinforcing metal strips across the uppercorners, the screen bearing against the weathering on the outside, of

corner plates at the upper corners of the screen frame bearing againstthe weathering on the inside, with screws for clamping the corner platesto the screen frame to hold the screen in place, the screws passingthrough the corner plates and into the reinforcing metal strips of thescreen.

HENRY HIGGIN. CLIFFORD TRAUT.

Attest:

HORACE C. DRAKE, W. I. COREY.

